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The Mars Curiosity Rover Is Getting a Buddy
The European Space Agency’s ExoMars rover should launch in 2018
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Next Stop: Gas Stations In Space
MIT scientists have a new plan for refueling stations in space
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Astronauts Are Really Sick of Houston, And Other Insights Gleaned From Spacefarer’s Diaries
Life in space is amazing and wonderful and beautiful and awesome, but sometimes it’s also really, really annoying
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Where in the Solar System Are We Most Likely to Find Life?
A number of interplanetary destinations could harbor extraterrestrial life—finding it could be just a space mission away
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This Documentary Explores the Lives of Five People Willing to Go on a One-Way Trip to Mars
What drives a person to give it all up and set off into the unknown?
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Sub-Orbital Travel Is Going to Make the World Feel Really, Really Small
Our small world is about to get even smaller—for those who can afford to fly sub-orbitally
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NASA Wants to Take a Closer Look at the Water on Jupiter’s Moon
Part of NASA’s tentative 2015 budget includes planning for a mission to Europa
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Islamic Authorities Issue Fatwa on One-Way Trips to Mars
A group of imams in the UAE (the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment or GAIAE) have issued a fatwa prohibiting muslims from going to Mars
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At Auction: One of the Only Cameras to Ever Make it Back From the Moon
James Irwin’s custom Hasselblad was one of the only cameras to make it back from the Moon… or was it?
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China’s Lunar Rover Just Melodramatically Announced Its Impending Demise
A mechanical failure could mean the end of China’s Jade Rabbit
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Virgin Galactic Started Selling Tickets to Space Before Getting Permission to Take People There
The private spaceflight company is missing a crucial FAA permit
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Futurists Once Dreamed of Submarine Helicopters And Spaceships Powered by Swans
The ships that we’ve dreamed up tell us a lot about just how badly humans have wanted to travel beyond our own world
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Soviet Russia Had a Better Record of Training Women in STEM Than America Does Today
Perhaps it’s time for the United States to take a page from the Soviet book just this one time
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How to Travel to Outer Space Without Spending Millions of Dollars
Who’s in the space suit? Increasingly, it is our digital selves
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How IMAX Pulled Spaceflight Down to Earth
The 1985 film that famously revealed the lives of astronauts in zero gravity returns to the big screen
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A Sneak Peek at the First Commercial Spaceport
The hub of Richard Branson’s plans for Virgin Galactic, where tourists and scientists alike take off for the great beyond
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Discovery Parks for Good at the Udvar-Hazy Center
An official ceremony and a weekend of space-shuttle activities welcome Discovery to its new home
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Discovery Touches Down at Dulles International Airport
The shuttle has landed
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Air and Space Curator Valerie Neal Talks Discovery Prep
Curator Valerie Neal discusses space shuttle Discovery’s long journey to the Air and Space Museum
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The Space Shuttle’s IMAX Cameras Touch Down at Air and Space
The IMAX cameras used to capture dozens of NASA missions are now part of the Air and Space Museum’s collections
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